Aug. 20, 2020 Fifteenth Air Force activates, consolidates ACC’s conventional forces Fifteenth Air Force activated Aug. 20, integrating wings and direct reporting units from Twelfth Air Force and Ninth Air Force to form a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command’s conventional forces.
June 15, 2019 Ninth Air Force change of command highlights joint capabilities Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander, presided over the ceremony.
Dec. 28, 2018 Ninth AF certifies as JTF-capable HQ with joint, coalition partners Ninth Air Force achieved certification as a Joint Task Force-capable headquarters Dec. 14, following the conclusion of Mission Readiness Exercise, or MRX, 19-2.
April 5, 2017 9th AF provides first Rear Mission Support Element training Sixty Airmen who completed the first two official Air Force Rear Mission Support Element training courses are participating in War Fighter Exercise 17-4 at Fort Hood, Texas, through April 12. The exercise is part of their deployment training to support operations at Combined Joint Task
Feb. 6, 2017 9th AF commander sets priorities Maj. Gen. Scott J. Zobrist assumed command of Ninth Air Force in May 2016. Since then, Zobrist visited the wings under Ninth AF, gained impressions and set his commander’s priorities.